SEMF | Karenleigh Overmann & Thomas Wynn | The Stone Age: Emergence of Modern Spatial Thinking @SEMF | Uploaded November 2022 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
Talk kindly contributed by Karenleigh Overmann and Tom Wynn in SEMF's 2022 Spacious Spatiality
semf.org.es/spatiality
TALK ABSTRACT
In this talk, we explore the evolutionary emergence of modern spatial abilities, as reconstructed from the archaeological record of stone tools, a record that spans over three million years. This record shows that the ability to hold an allocentric (bird’s eye) view of space was in place by 500,000 years ago. We then discuss the dispersal of the human species across the planet, which occurred within the past 200,000 years, focusing on the migrations into Australia, the Americas, and the Pacific region within the past 60,000 years. These migrations suggest that traditional societies deal with space on three, overlapping, scales. From largest to smallest, these are navigating the unknown (the allocentric view and survey knowledge), traveling the known (the egocentric view and route knowledge), and measuring cultural space (which begins with the body). We end by connecting the last to the emergence of geometry, the science of space and shape.
TALK MATERIALS
· The Center for Cognitive Archaeology (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs): https://cca.uccs.edu/
KARENLEIGH A. OVERMANN
Center for Cognitive Archaeology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs: http://static.uccs.edu/cca/index
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karenleigh_A._Overmann
ResearchGate: researchgate.net/profile/Karenleigh-A-Overmann
Academia.edu: https://uccs.academia.edu/KarenleighOvermann
Google Scholar: scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=_5zQVL1NRJwC&hl=en
TOM WYNN
Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs: https://anthropology.uccs.edu/
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs profile: https://anthropology.uccs.edu/thomas-wynn
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_G._Wynn
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Talk kindly contributed by Karenleigh Overmann and Tom Wynn in SEMF's 2022 Spacious Spatiality
semf.org.es/spatiality
TALK ABSTRACT
In this talk, we explore the evolutionary emergence of modern spatial abilities, as reconstructed from the archaeological record of stone tools, a record that spans over three million years. This record shows that the ability to hold an allocentric (bird’s eye) view of space was in place by 500,000 years ago. We then discuss the dispersal of the human species across the planet, which occurred within the past 200,000 years, focusing on the migrations into Australia, the Americas, and the Pacific region within the past 60,000 years. These migrations suggest that traditional societies deal with space on three, overlapping, scales. From largest to smallest, these are navigating the unknown (the allocentric view and survey knowledge), traveling the known (the egocentric view and route knowledge), and measuring cultural space (which begins with the body). We end by connecting the last to the emergence of geometry, the science of space and shape.
TALK MATERIALS
· The Center for Cognitive Archaeology (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs): https://cca.uccs.edu/
KARENLEIGH A. OVERMANN
Center for Cognitive Archaeology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs: http://static.uccs.edu/cca/index
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karenleigh_A._Overmann
ResearchGate: researchgate.net/profile/Karenleigh-A-Overmann
Academia.edu: https://uccs.academia.edu/KarenleighOvermann
Google Scholar: scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=_5zQVL1NRJwC&hl=en
TOM WYNN
Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs: https://anthropology.uccs.edu/
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs profile: https://anthropology.uccs.edu/thomas-wynn
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_G._Wynn
SEMF NETWORKS
Website: semf.org.es
Twitter: twitter.com/semf_nexus
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/semf-nexus
Instagram: instagram.com/semf.nexus
Facebook: facebook.com/semf.nexus
MUSIC
youtube.com/user/Baroquenoise
